The leaders of Moab arose and went to Balak, and said, “Balaam refused to come with us.”
Balaam got up in the morning, and said to the leaders of Balak, “Go back to your own land [of Moab], for the Lord has refused to let me go with you.”
Then Balak again sent leaders, more numerous and [men who were] more distinguished than the first ones.
Balak said to Balaam, “Did I not urgently send word to you to call you? Why did you not come to me [immediately]? Am I really unable to honor (pay) you?”